Philip K. Dick

New Issue of PKD Otaku

A new issue of PKD Otaku has been published. You can view it here: PKD Otaku Issue 34 or view past issues. Please be patient after clicking on the link for this issue. The file is large and requires more time to download. An alternative would be to save the file to your computer and […]

New Audiobooks Page And A Contest To Win A Free Audiobook

In celebration of the new Audiobooks page just posted, one of the narrators has partnered with this site to sponsor a contest. The new page is located in the Works In Print menu or can be found here: /works-in-print/audiobooks/. Ray Greenley (web site, Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud) narrated “The Unreconstructed M and Other Stories.” I listened […]

New Issue of PKD Otaku

A new issue of PKD Otaku has been published. You can view it here: PKD Otaku Issue 33 or view past issues. Please be patient after clicking on the link for this issue. The file is large and requires more time to download. An alternative would be to save the file to your computer and […]

Biography Coming Soon [Updated]: Pre-order Links For The Other Side of Philip K. Dick

Coming Soon To pre-order visit Amazon.com or Smashwords. Expected to be published later this summer, The Other Side of Philip K. Dick By Maer Wilson is a memoir that tells the story of her ten year friendship with Philip K. Dick from 1972 to 1982. From the description at Maer Wilson’s web site: “What is […]

Books Recently Published And Coming Soon

Available Now Published June 1, 2016, “The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick” by Kyle Arnold is available through Amazon.com or your favorite book supplier. The book is a biography shown through the lens of a clinical psychologist. From the description at Amazon.com and probably the back cover of the book also: “In The Divine […]

Philip K. Dick Award Winners For 2016

The finalists for The Philip K. Dick Award were revealed on Friday, March 25, 2016 at Norwescon 39, in SeaTac, Washington. The award is given to the distinguished original Science Fiction paperback published for the first time in the U.S.A. during the previous year. The Awardees Distinguished Paperback Special citation Apex Ramez Naam Archangel Marguerite […]

New Games Page

Just finished an initial foray into creating a Games page for any type of game – video, board, role-playing – that was inspired by the works of Philip K. Dick or was based (i.e. licensed) on his writing. The new page is located in the Works In Print menu or can be found here: /works-in-print/games/. […]

Philip K. Dick Award Nominations For 2016

Six paperback originals published in 2015 were selected for the final ballot of the 2016 Philip K. Dick Award. The Nominees Edge of Dark Brenda Cooper After the Saucers Landed Douglas Lain (R)evolution PJ Manney Apex Ramez Naam Windswept Adam Rakunas Archangel Marguerite Reed The final results will be announced on Friday, March 25, 2016. […]

The Passing Of David Bowie And Philip K. Dick

David Bowie passed away Sunday (January 10, 2016) at the age of 69. I’m not sure how well known David Bowie’s link to Philip K. Dick is and the importance of Bowie to the novel VALIS. Minor Spoilers Follow The movie that the characters view at roughly the halfway point of the strongly autobiographical novel […]

On The Occasion Of Philip K. Dick’s 87th Birthday: Presenting The philipkdick.com Archive

To celebrate what would be Philip K. Dick’s 87th birthday (if here were still with us), I have resurrected or archived the former philipkdick.com site in the archive on philipdick.com. The archive of the site can be viewed at http://2013philipkdick.philipdick.com and can also be found on the website archives page. I’m still working through fixing […]

First Season Of The Man In The High Castle Now Available On Amazon Prime Video

The entire first season (10 episodes) of The Man In The High Castle is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video (for Amazon Prime Members). However, the first episode, “The New World”, is available for anyone to watch for free. This episode premiered first as the pilot episode for the series during Amazon’s 4th […]

The Man In The High Castle’s First Two Episodes Streamed During Amazon’s Free Preview Weekend

Just under a month before the entire first season of The Man In The High Castle premieres on November 20, 2015, Amazon.com is making the first two episodes available to view during Amazon’s Free Preview Weekend running from October 23, 2015 at 12 am PST through October 25, 2015 at 11:59 pm PST in the […]

Meanwhile Back At The Philip K. Dick Festival Web Site…

I have completed some major revisions to the Philip K. Dick Festival web site. Since the Philip K. Dick Festival is dormant for the time being, I decided to also add the other festivals, conferences, conventions, etc. to the site so it could be a central location to find out about all large gatherings of […]

Arriving May 2016: The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick by Kyle Arnold

I’m really looking forward to this book. From the description at Amazon.com and probably the back cover of the book also: “Widely recognized as one of the most inventive science fiction writers of all time, Philip K. Dick is an author whose literary sophistication elevated the sci-fi genre into the storytelling powerhouse it is today. […]

Minority Report Television Series Premiere

Arriving a few months before the highly anticipated television adaptation of The Man in the High Castle, Minority Report appears on FOX Networks Mondays starting Fall 2015. The first episode premiered on September 21st. The television series is an adaptation of the film Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg which is an adaptation of the […]

New Issue of PKD Otaku

A new issue of PKD Otaku has been published. You can view it here: PKD Otaku Issue 32 or view past issues. Please be patient after clicking on the link for this issue. The file is large and requires more time to download. An alternative would be to save the file to your computer and […]

From The Homeopape — For The Week Ending 07/12/2015

From The Homeopape is a semi-regular list of [Barely Curated] links related to Philip K. Dick from all over the Internet. A homeopape, a term coined by Philip K. Dick, is defined by Philip K. Dick himself in Ubik (1966): In a corner of the large room a chime sounded and a tinkling mechanical voice […]

Works In Print Section Content Refresh [Update 2]

Had a hiccup in the Works In Print Section Secondary Resources page. Thinking that I had updated the item links to the new(ish?) look that Amazon is using, I didn’t change the link code before the links quit working. So I quickly made the changes and in addition, included the items that have been released […]

Recent Photos From Point Reyes Station

Rose LaCroix recently visited Point Reyes Station, California and the surrounding area and shared some of the pictures that she photographed during her trip. From her post in Facebook: Drake’s Beach at the Point Reyes National Seashore A look down Sir Francis Drake Blvd. The Marin County Civic Center in Santa Venetia […]

From The Homeopape — For The Week Ending 07/05/2015

From The Homeopape is a semi-regular list of [Barely Curated] links related to Philip K. Dick from all over the Internet. A homeopape, a term coined by Philip K. Dick, is defined by Philip K. Dick himself in Ubik (1966): In a corner of the large room a chime sounded and a tinkling mechanical voice […]